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BL Premium reports that the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has concluded its contentious retrenchment process, which will see as many as 621 employees leave the embattled public broadcaster. Source: Latest News
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Limpopo health workers not backing down as strike looms over standardised rosters
Pretoria News reports that about 50 health workers in Limpopo, including nurses and doctors, engaged in a picket during lunch time at Mankweng Hospital on Monday as the threat of a sector-wide strike continued to loom large. Source: Latest News
Ramaphosa announces new J&J deal that will see SA get 30 million Covid-19 vaccines
Independent Media reports according to President Cyril Ramaphosa, SA will now have access to 30 million Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid-19 vaccines, while over 200 million doses will be produced for Africa. Source: Latest News
Labour Minister ’silent’ on UIF officials’ disciplinary hearings over alleged Ters fraud
Independent Media reports that more than a month has passed since the disciplinary hearings for seven Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) officials who were allegedly implicated in Covid-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) fraud. Source: Latest News
Worker-owned Fly-SAX confident of getting SA Express off the ground despite bank guarantee not secured by deadline
Moneyweb reports that SA Express’s anchor investor was supposed to provide the balance of the R50 million purchase price of the airline last week, but this has failed to materialise according to the airline’s liquidator Aviwe Ndyamara. Source: Latest News
Speaker of a Limpopo municipality accused of misusing official car by making false travel claims and abusing petrol card
SowetanLive reports that a Limpopo municipality speaker has been accused of making false travel claims and abusing a petrol card while using an official vehicle. Source: Latest News
SARS advertises hundreds of jobs to boost crackdown on tax evaders, especially big earners
Business Insider SA reports that the SA Revenue Service (SARS) has advertised 370 jobs as part of its plans to improve its tech capabilities and widen its crackdown on people who are evading tax, especially big earners. Source: Latest News
Boulders Shopping Centre to conduct cultural, human rights training sessions with staff after Ndebele attire debacle
News24 reports that Redefine Properties Limited, the company which owns Boulders Shopping Centre in Midrand, has committed to piloting cultural and human rights training sessions within three months, after an incident of cultural discrimination at the establishment. Source: Latest News
Former top cop, three senior officers acquitted on charges related to 2012 Marikana massacre
TimesLIVE reports that former North West deputy police commissioner Gen William Mpembe and three other officers have been acquitted on charges relating to the Marikana massacre in 2012. Source: Latest News
Roundup on Monday, 29 March 2021 of weekend labour reports
In our roundup of weekend news, see summaries of our selection of South African labour-related stories that appeared since Friday, 26 March 2021. Source: Latest News